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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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    #7712
    eire4
    Registered Users Posts: 6,631 ✭✭✭eire4


    Just finished Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah and enjoyed it a good follow up to his sci fi classic Dune and one that does not follow the usual type of script when it comes to the outcome which I thought was interesting.


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    #7713
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    The Hoarder by Jess Kidd


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    #7714
    Xofpod
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    Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Loved A Visit from the Goon Squad a few years ago but this looks like a much more traditional type of novel.


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    #7715
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Enigma by Hugh-Sebag Montefiore the Enigma code breaking at Bletchley park etc. ...Awful read , far too much technical details for me , would be ideal for budding cryptographors , feels more like an academic work.


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    #7716
    4Ad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭4Ad


    Slowly getting through Night Boat To Tangier.
    Very enjoyable so far..


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    #7717
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,388 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Finished "Saltwater - the film script" by Conor McPherson. Thumbs up, as usual. :)


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    #7718
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,012 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Homegrown Hero - Khurrum Rahman. The first book was enjoyable (East of Hounslow) so looking forward to getting stuck into this one, only a few chapters in.


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    #7719
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    As I am looking forward to watching the new movie, I have just picked up: "Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy. The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters" by Anne Boyd Rioux


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    #7720
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Finished The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier & thought it excellent.

    Now reading The Herbalist by Niamh Boyce


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    #7721
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    Shatter by Michael Robotham


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    #7722
    autumnbelle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭autumnbelle


    Just read two great books the sandman by Lars Kepler and everything here is beautiful by mira t lee


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    #7723
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    The Fear by C.L Taylor


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    #7724
    [Deleted User]
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    Days Without End, Sebastian Barry


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    #7725
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,012 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    55 - James Delargy. Just started it, the premise sounds good and it was recommended elsewhere.


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    #7726
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Days Without End, Sebastian Barry

    Brilliant book, with a sequel on the way apparently...


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    #7727
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Days Without End, Sebastian Barry

    I read that a few weeks ago and found it very hard going.


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    #7728
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Started The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah


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    #7729
    echo beach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I read that a few weeks ago and found it very hard going.

    I also found Days Without End less engaging than any other Sebastian Barry book I’ve read. That said, I still enjoyed it but would prefer The Secret Scripture or A Long Long Way. I could read them again but once was enough for Days Without End.


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    #7730
    KJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


    Just finished reading Notes From Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin. Probably one of the best books I've read in a long time.


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    #7731
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    I’m re-reading Evening Class by Maeve Binchy.
    I first read it in 2006... sometimes “a comfort blanket read” is needed.


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    #7732
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    Black Diamonds - The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey


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    #7733
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris


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    #7734
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

    I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.


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    #7735
    New Home
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    TheFortField wrote: »
    The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

    I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.
    I agree, I read it last year and I found it a big let-down. The premises were good, the characters interesting, but the story just wasn't there. I wanted to love it, but just couldn't.


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    #7736
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Two Brothers by Ben Elton


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    #7737
    [Deleted User]
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    Callan57 wrote: »
    Two Brothers by Ben Elton

    Haven't read any of his in years but they were usually an easy and entertaining read.

    How is it?


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    #7738
    Daisies
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,644 Mod ✭✭✭✭Daisies


    Just finished Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri. Next up Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams.


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    #7739
    eire4
    Registered Users Posts: 6,631 ✭✭✭eire4


    Finished Jo Nesbo's crime thriller Nemesis which I enjoyed very much.


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    #7740
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Haven't read any of his in years but they were usually an easy and entertaining read.

    How is it?


    Darker than others of his I've read. Set in Berlin through the 1930s and the rise of Nazism. I'm about 50% into it, there are the occasional moments of dark humour you expect from Elton but on the whole dark, sad and cruel but I'm well gripped by it.


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    #7741
    TheFortField
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭TheFortField


    TheFortField wrote: »
    The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

    I’m almost halfway through and I’m not loving it.
    New Home wrote: »
    I agree, I read it last year and I found it a big let-down. The premises were good, the characters interesting, but the story just wasn't there. I wanted to love it, but just couldn't.

    I'm two-thirds of the way through and boy I'm really struggling with this book. I was taken in by the glowing reviews and I'm feeling seriously underwhelmed now. I will stick with it to the end but I'm looking forward to starting a new book.

    Have any of you read "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman or "Sweet Sorrow" by David Nicholls? I have both books on my "to be read" pile for ages.


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